Yup, that’s right…In your loft, between your walls and anywhere else traditional fibreglass goes you can replace with Hemp insulation.
Traditional insulation such as glass fibre is notoriously difficult to deal with due to its ability to become airborne, impacting your ability to breathe and irritate your skin.
Outside of being challenging to deal with, it also lacks environmental credentials. Being a product of glass and sand heated at over 1600 degrees, it leaves a high and undesirable carbon footprint.
So what’s Hemp got to do with all this? Glad you asked!
As we noted earlier, Hemp is carbon negative when you consider its profile of uses and the fact it absorbs CO2 as it grows. Not only that, but it’s also a powerful natural insulator which isn’t subject to the same constraints as fibreglass, namely when exposed to humidity, it doesn’t cause mould or mildew. Instead, the natural fibres prevent it regardless of the atmosphere as they act as a dehumidifier.
This is critical when you consider that over 40% of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions are attributed to construction and the heating and cooling of buildings. Hemp is a sustainable alternative which is carbon positive while producing superior levels of insulation when compared to fibreglass.